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Westgate Living Community

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Updated Nov 1, 2023 by Nick Lata

Historical Rating
Grade: A-minus
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1500 North Lowell Street,
Ironwood MI 49938

(906) 932-3867

87.07% estimated occupancy 1

Westgate Living Community is a small nursing home located in Ironwood, Michigan. Featuring an overall grade of A-, this nursing home is one of the higher-graded facilities we looked at. In fact, we ranked this nursing home in the top quarter of all nursing homes in the United States. This nursing home also received phenomenal grades in all of our categories. More information about these categories can be found below.

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Quick Details

  • Accepts Medicare 1
  • Accepts Medicaid 1
  • No CCRC
  • Has Resident Council
  • Has Family Council
  • For profit - Limited Liability company
  • Offers Hospice
  • Offers Post-Acute Care 
  • Offers Respite Care
  • Offers Inpatient Rehab
  • Offers Outpatient Rehab

Specialized Services

  • Home Making
  • Speech Therapy
  • Stroke Recovery
  • IV Antibiotic Therapy
  • Palliative Care
  • Dentistry
  • Wound Care
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Tracheotomy Care
  • Podiatry
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Nutritional Counseling
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Pain Management
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation

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Facility Inspections

Grade: A-minus

With an overall grade this high, it should come as no surprise that this nursing home performed well in the area of inspections, where it earned an A-. Our inspection grades are based on several pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. While this nursing home had some deficiencies on its inspection report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' deficiency scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.

Nurse Quality

Grade: A-minus

One of the other reasons we graded this facility so highly is that it received a very impressive nursing rating. In that category, we gave this nursing home an A-. There are a variety of subcategories within this grade. Many of the factors reflect levels of nurse staffing. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. Finally, our nursing grades also factor in quality-based assessments, such as avoiding major falls. This nursing home performed well in this area. Avoiding major falls is typically a good indicator that a facility has reliable quality controls in place. Major falls can typically be prevented if more nurses aids and better safety protocols are in place.

Long-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

This facility also was dominant in the category of long-term care, where we awarded it a score of A-. Very few facilities fared better in this area. Long-term care ratings in this range generally require both 24/7 care from nurses and aids, as well as quality routine medical care. One of the statistics we considered on top of nursing hours is vaccinations. This facility provided the pneumonia vaccination to 100 percent of its residents. Vaccination is a proven method to avoid negative health outcomes for the aged 65 and up population. Clearly, this place is doing something right in this area as it was able to keep its residents out of the hospital. It had less than one hospitalization per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low figure.

Short-term Care Quality

Grade: A-minus

In the final area, this nursing home also was given a first-rate short-term care grade, with an A-. This completed a very favorable profile. In calculating our short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, such as those performed by registered nurses, speech therapists, physical therapists and other types of therapists. The goal is to formulate a barometer for sizing up the rehabilitation services of different nursing homes. Fortunately, it looks like this facility has registered nurses on staff. Not all nursing homes employs these types of nurses. However, based on the data they provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. The final datapoint we assessed in this area is the number of residents who ultimately returned home from the facility. We found that 4.8 percent of this nursing home's residents returned home as opposed to remaining at the nursing home on a permanent basis.

Rating Over Time

Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.

FDCB-BB+A-AA+Oct 18Dec 23

Westgate Living Community Quality Metrics

Minimizes Pressure Ulcers

Grade: B

In Westgate Living Community, 7.48% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers

This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered to be a measure of nursing care at a nursing home. Pressure ulcers, which are also called bed sores, are often the result of residents not being moved frequently enough.

Minimizes Serious Falls

Grade: B-minus

In Westgate Living Community, 3.7% of Patients had Serious Falls

This measures the percentage of long-term care residents who sustained falls resulting in severe injury. Falls can arise for a variety of reasons, but high rates of falls resulting in injuries could be an indicator of poor nursing care.

Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections

Grade: C

In Westgate Living Community, 3.33% of Patients had UTIs

This indicates the percentage of residents that sustained a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered to be a barometer of the quality of nursing care at a nursing home. UTI's are routinely caused by poor nursing care. However, this statistic can be misleading for certain nursing homes due to different reporting standards for infections.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication

Grade: C

In Westgate Living Community, 20.57% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication

This tells you the percent of patients given antipsychotic medications. Antipsychotic medications are administered to patients for a variety of medical conditions, such as cognitive disorders. Tragically, in some cases, excessive reliance on these medications may suggest that a facility is using these drugs to control patient behavior.

Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication

Grade: A-minus

In Westgate Living Community, 13.08% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication

This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety drugs. These drugs are used to treat residents suffering from depression or anxiety.

Managing Depression Among Residents

Grade: B-minus

In Westgate Living Community, 6.73% of Patients

Measures the percentage of long-term care patients exhibiting signs of depression.

Appropriate Vaccine Usage

Grade: A-minus

In Westgate Living Community, 99.09% of Patients

This is a measure of the percent of long-term stay residents who were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.

Residents Maintain Autonomy

Grade: B-plus

In Westgate Living Community, 12.38% of Patients

This indicates the percent of patients that needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with ADL's could indicate the erosion of a resident's well-being.

Ability to Keep Residents Mobile

Grade: D

In Westgate Living Community, 8.11% of Residents

This is the percent of residents who remained mobile levels over time. Retaining mobility is usually a good sign for residents' health.

Hospitalizations

Grade: A-plus

In Westgate Living Community, 0.48 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days

This indicates the number of hospitalizations per thousand days of care. There is generally a correlation between keeping patients out of the hospital and the quality of care.

Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations

Grade: A

In Westgate Living Community, 8.11% of Residents Rehospitalized

This indicates the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term patient care. There is generally a correlation between having fewer hospitalizations and a nursing home's quality of short-term rehabilitation.

Short-term Care: ER Visits

Grade: F

In Westgate Living Community, 21.21% of Patients

This indicates the number of emergency room visits per thousand days of short-term care.

Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement

Grade: A-plus

In Westgate Living Community, 96.65% of Resident

This indicates the percentage of short-term residents that saw functional improvements, such as enhanced ability to perform activities of daily living. High levels of autonomy with activities of daily living typically correlates with successful rehabilitation.

Nearby Hospitals

  • Aspirus Ironwood HospitalCritical Access Hospitals 3.35 miles awayn10561 Grand View Lane Ironwood Michigan 49938Voluntary non-profit - Private(906) 932-2525

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Footnotes:

  1. https://www.medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare/profile.html#ID=235565